AFS-14-039-E

 

December 6, 2013

 Exemption No. 10904 

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2013-1005

Richard J. Trusis

Director, Airworthiness & Certification

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

P.O. Box 2206

Savannah, GA 31402-2206

Dear Mr. Trusis:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our 

decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, 

including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated November 13, 2013 you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) on behalf of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) for an exemption from 

§§ 61.75(d) and 61.117 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent 

necessary to allow certain pilots exercising private pilot privileges to fly as a flight 

crewmember on Gulfstream G100, G150, G200 and G280 aircraft. Specifically, these pilots 

will be permitted to fly as second-in-command (SIC) of these aircraft while conducting 

evaluation and demonstration flights within the United States for potential buyers of those 

aircraft or on behalf of their respective civil aviation authority. 

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition 

in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any 

delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Gulfstream.

The FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to 

those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption No. 10871 (copy enclosed), the FAA 

found that safety risk was mitigated because all of the foreign pilots possess an airline 

transport pilot license granted by an International Civil Aviation Organization member state, 

and that company pilots holding U.S. pilot certificates will act as pilot in command during all 

flights on which the listed foreign pilots will be acting as a crewmember. Further, those 

foreign pilots operating as second-in-command will receive ground training prior to flight. 

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that—
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• they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed 

Grant of Exemption No 10871;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 

10871 also apply to the situation you present; and 

• a grant of exemption is in the public interest. 

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C.§§ 106(f), 40113, and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation an 

exemption from 14 CFR §§ 61.75(d)(2) and 61.117 to the extent necessary to allow certain 

pilots exercising private pilot privileges to fly as a flight crewmember on Gulfstream G100, 

G150, G200 and G280 aircraft, subject to the conditions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. This exemption is issued for the purpose of allowing demonstration and evaluation 

flights only in Gulfstream models G100, G150, G200 and G280.

2. The privileges of this exemption are intended to enable a foreign pilot who only holds

a U.S. private pilot certificate (issued under § 61.75) with airplane multi-engine and 

instrument ratings to act as second-in-command of an aircraft on a sales 

demonstration flight, or flight evaluation conducted by a foreign civil aviation 

authority (FCAA). 

3. The privileges of this exemption are not valid unless the exemption holder has a letter

from the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), Atlanta Tradeport, 107

Charles W. Grant Parkway, Hapeville, GA 30354, specifically indicating approval of 

each of the foreign pilots operating Gulfstream aircraft under the privileges of this 

exemption.

4. Each foreign pilot approved by the FAA FSDO identified in Condition/Limitation

No. 3 must make application for a private pilot certificate and/or instrument rating in 

accordance with § 61.75. Any person authorized by the FAA Administrator to issue a 

§ 61.75 private pilot certificate may place an instrument rating on the certificate 

without the knowledge test required by § 61.75(d)(2). The person issuing the § 61.75

private pilot certificate must indicate on that certificate the following limitation:

The instrument rating privileges are only valid for use under the privileges of 

Exemption No. 10904.

5. All flight operations using the privileges of this exemption are limited to flights for 

sales demonstration or evaluation purposes; the privileges of this exemption may not 

be used for operations that involve:

a. Delivery of an aircraft;
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b. Maintenance or manufacturing flight testing;

c. Flights operated under a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental 

category other than for the purpose of sales demonstration and flight 

evaluations conducted by a foreign civil aviation authority; or,

d. Flights operated for the purpose of crew training.

6. Gulfstream must be in full operational control of any aircraft operated using this 

privileges of this exemption.

7. The pilot-in-command (PIC) of any flights operated using the privileges of this 

exemption must:

a. Hold a valid U.S. commercial pilot certificate or airline transport pilot 

certificate with the appropriate type rating,

b. Hold a valid U.S. first- or second-class medical certificate,

c. Be directly employed by Gulfstream, and

d. Must remain the PIC for the duration of the flight.

8. The person acting as SIC of any flights operated using the privileges of this 

exemption must:

a. Be an authorized representative of a legitimate potential purchaser of the type 

aircraft being flown or representative civil aviation authority.

b. Hold a valid pilot certificate issued by an International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO)-member state containing:

1. Commercial pilot certification (or equivalent) with instrument and multiengine ratings, or

2. Airline transport pilot certification (or equivalent) with a multi-engine 

rating.

c. Hold a valid medical certificate issued under 14 CFR 67, or a medical 

certificate issued by the ICAO-member state that issued the person’s foreign 

pilot certificate identified in 8(b).

d. The certificates identified in this condition/limitation must be in the English 

language, or must be accompanied by documentation in the English language 

translating certification, privileges, and validity of those certificates.

9. All flight operations under the privileges of this exemption must be operated with a 

person aboard (other than that persons identified in condition/limitation Nos. 2 and 7) 

who:

a. Is employed by Gulfstream;

b. Is not acting as PIC of the aircraft;

c. Holds the appropriate U.S. airman and medical certificates to act as SIC of the 

aircraft being flown; and

d. Gulfstream has found to be qualified to act as SIC of the aircraft being flown.
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10. Gulfstream is authorized to conduct flights under this exemption with pilots or 

property identified in the conditions and limitations and the following noncrewmembers only: 

a. Gulfstream/FCAA Flight Test Director(s),

b. Gulfstream/FCAA Flight Test Engineer(s), and

c. Gulfstream//FCAA engineers as necessary to answer questions related to 

airplane and systems operation. 

11. This exemption is not valid for operations outside the United States.

This exemption terminates on December 31, 2015, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John Barbagallo

Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service